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Tony Meola

That just looks like a gutted hull waiting for some love.

Tony Meola

Upgrading might be the easier and best way to go. Better than chasing a gremlin.

Tony Meola

Carl I took a look around the internet and so it is true. They do have a bleed off of the exhaust until the boat gets up to speed. Notice they say it is the Venturi effect. LOL Finally I get to use a word that is not in my vocabulary. Based on this, the flow of water under the boat does not seem to ...

Tony Meola

If there is a ballast resistor in your ignition circuit, you should see significantly less than 12 volts at the coil. Check it with the engine running since some ignition systems have a relay which bypasses the ballast resistor to give the coil a full 12 volts for starting. Peter Not sure how old h...

Tony Meola

A 28 and a 31. I am sure we can find you a 20/25 & 26 to round out the stable.

What clearance do you need to trailer her?

Tony Meola

That is what I was thinking also, but isn't that the Venturi effect? In any event I would still think they need a bypass or bleed off of the Exhaust gas until it kicked in. So not sure it really accomplishes anything other than quiet down the boat and reduce or eliminate exhaust in the cockpit due t...

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Carl

I wonder if they shortened the shaft to keep the props positioned as when original or if they moved the props back. I have a feeling they moved the props back, and that's why they sucked in air.

Tony Meola

I have not looked at the underwater exhaust on any of the new boats, but I would think that they have an exhaust bypass so that the engines will start. They need to breath to start, and I might be wrong, but I would think they would be hard starting if the only exhaust was to push water out of the e...

Tony Meola

The year of the engines would help. I doubt the shop that redid them changed the ignition set up. Some of the older MerCruiser's, had what was called a Thunderbolt ignition and the coil was completely different from what most of us are used to. Plus in certain years I think they had some funky thing...

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How old are the engines?

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I will say my friends 28 transom is black by the end of the season. I put more hours on mine than he does and mine stays pretty clean. I do have to give it a good cleaning in the fall but from 5 feet away it looks clean.

I had attributed it yanmars smoke but maybe they are working too hard.

Tony Meola

If I remember correctly Centek Vernatone have a slim muffler that fits in that space outboard of the shaft alley. What size do you need? 6"?

Maybe something like this.

https://centekmarine.com/wp-content/upl ... -Sheet.pdf

Tony Meola

That would leave me to believe that it is not passing out the exhaust. It has to be a leak somewhere else. A leak in the exhaust manifold should also create steam unless it is really slow. Is it possible that the engine was airlocked and that air passed out on the last run? I had something similar w...

Tony Meola

Bilge might be dry, but if you have a leak that is hitting the hot engine it would dry up unless it was a bad leak. Check around the engine for any stains.

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Micky

How much did you lose? If it was a head gasket, I would suspect that you would see steam coming out the exhaust and possibly milky oil. Exhaust Manifold is always a possibility, or you have a leak somewhere.

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Joe

My friend has them in his 28. Pushes it along pretty good. He has no complaints.

Tony Meola

Unfortunately, the old Bertram employees with all the knowledge are no longer around. I remember sitting next to the old parts manager for Bertram at one of our AC gatherings. Tell him what part you need, and he could give you the part number off the top of his head.

Tony Meola

Any thoughts on using the old frame to make a fiberglass mold?

Or perhaps, covering the frame and glass with some type of release paper or saran wrap, and then make the solid piece using the frame as the mold.

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Doug The Whitaker Corporation owned Bertram Yachts along with Trojan Yachts for a number of years, before they sold them off. Whitaker purchased Bertram from Nautec in 1968. Whitaker was the basically the holding company for several other business ventures. At one point they were one of the largest ...

Tony Meola

Great news. Good to see that you are enjoying all your work.

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Kevin

Welcome back. You know, just because you weren't playing with the boat didn't mean you should stay away. It would be great to see some of the old crew come back even to just say hello.

So, whatever you do, don't drop out of site again.

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Mike

You are doing a good job, I have not seen anything strange.

Tony Meola

For some reason they are all this way and they also seem to differ at times from boat to boat.

Tony Meola

Not who I was thinking of.

Tony Meola

I have to agree with Carl. Putting it on the hard will be a pain. If you get to the Survey point it will need a sea trial. You will have to re-prep the engines for storage if it does not sell. I would turn it over to a broker if you are in a real rush. If they have storage space they may cut a deal ...

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Was it a Bahia Mar?

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Yannis if I guessed right that is about $1,500 us dollars for new ones. My friend purchased two new ones from Turbo Turbo for $3,500 US. Not sure what kind of deal you can get with Shipping. He received free shipping, and he received a couple of hundred back for sending them the old ones. They had t...

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We also removed all of the old wood backing plate on the Thru hulls and used structural glass to replace them. I also drilled that structural glass and tapped it to give it threads matching a bronze bolt. Rather than go thru the hull with the bolt I just screwed into the backing plate we made. It is...

Tony Meola

That is similar to the format for the 31 also. I am sure Bertram used the same formula for all of its models.

Tony Meola

I only ask because an old family friend use to have his boat covered and with the heater on you couldn't stay in the cabin.

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Doug

Do you have any type of cover on her for the winter?

Tony Meola

When we rebuilt the Strut pads, we used structural fiberglass. Capt. Pat use to say that it was too rigid and to use marine ply glassed in. He felt that more damage would be done if it was rigid and had no give. Without testing it who knows. My feeling is that all the new boats are using glass for t...

Tony Meola

Worton Creek Marina does a lot of 31's. I have never used them, so I would check closely.

Tony Meola

Alex Whitaker use to be a supplier of Parts for the 31. I thought he liquidated all of his parts when he focused on the Trailer business.

He is a great guy and loves to talk 31's.

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Peter

Why not just pull one and just get it matched up.

Tony Meola

Thanks

Would be cool to just listen in. Heck down in South Jersey we have all kinds of aircraft going in and out of McGuire.

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Mike

Great tip. Is any type of special license needed ?

Tony Meola

What is nice about the Tides is that there is no belows to worry about. They come with an extra set of seals that sits in a carrier on the shaft until you need them. You can install them even offshore. Undo a couple of screws slide the old ones out, cut them off slide the new ones in. I put two extr...

Tony Meola

I don't think that they are back far enough to cause an issue.

Tony Meola

Not sure if this is what Bob used, but most of Tides products are pretty sweet. I have their dripless shaft seal.

Tony Meola

Those rudders look like they are in the right position. I don't think anyone would have moved them. You would probably be able to tell from the glass in the boat. If a repair was done or the rudders moved it probably will not match the factory glass.

Tony Meola

Try Taco. I believe they have a profile that is close to the original.

Tony Meola

1962 31 wrote: ↑Feb 1st, '24, 14:09 EASY THERE TONY HAHA

Brings back fond memories doesn't it?

Tony Meola

What was to be a Hatteras Express became a Hatteras planter called The Tub. It's incredible how big a 31 can get when working on it. I'd hate to imagine something bigger with a larger scope of work, having limited time and budget. Ugh...a few times I thought about bringing flowers down and turning ...

Tony Meola

Some nice work there. Just not a fan of the head up where the v berth is or was.

Tony Meola

What a difference a day can make...I cannot wait to see the last day! My brand-new mufflers and hoses didn't look that new when I got them. They look like the item to circle, that does not fit the picture. Keep 'm coming, Carl Carl That first picture reminds me of a certain someone (who will remain...

Tony Meola

I never heard of falling off a wave that large. Most of the time it is on the bow. I would have expected that in a heavy sea, but in two to three footers.

I have never seen a rogue wave and hope I never do.

Tony Meola

Too bad they don't show the interior and engine layout.

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Jay Jay

They look like the 5 inchers in mine, but measure, since pictures make it difficult to determine size. I believe once you go above 270 HP in Cummins, you need to go to 6 inches.

Tony Meola

If I remember correctly the 29 Blackfin had the rudders set up, so they were out behind the stern. I believe there were some issues with the boat handled with the rudders back that far. You do not see any of the newer inboards designed that way.

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